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The phantom found Edward Everett Hale a century too early; by the time we invented satellites, the specifics of his 'brick moon' proposal were dismissed as science fiction.
So that's how we got the Weinermobile.
this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2023
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Does Randall also work on explainxkcd? Because the explanation for the Trojan Horse seems to be pretty far fetched. Although I can't think of a better explanation either.
Trojan Horse - A mythological, giant wooden horse, supposedly used by the Greeks to invade the city of Troy. Actual horses are composed, like any other animal, out of meat, bone, and other tissues and bodily fluids.[citation needed] In addition, the interior of the Trojan Horse was composed of Greek warriors rather than horse innards.
Lmao
I love the variety of places explainxkcd editors find to slip in a "citation needed".
You can find those in the what if series too.
“Outer space is a lot higher up than Niagara Falls,[citation needed] so the plunge down into the atmosphere at the bottom of Earth's gravity well adds a lot more than 0.1 degrees worth of heat.”
I think explainxkcd is unofficial and crowdsourced?
Correct. I won't say that Randall has no input, but we can check the revision history to see all the different people that made edits.
I guess the idea is that if a competent engineer had been in charge of the Trojan Horse project, the ancient Greeks would've used an aluminum frame with a mylar fabric covering.
What's wrong with it?
That was the same explanation I came up with.
Why the Trojan horse? It was made out of what they had available.
That's what I came in here to know about. Like, wasn't it wood? Didn't it do a great job?
The Trojan horse wasn't made of Trojans, like the Spruce Goose wasn't made of Spruce. Nor was it made by Trojans nor filled with Trojans.
The name is misleading.
Usually horses aren't giant, nor are they made out of wood and Greeks.
Edward Everett Hale has been taken by a fey mood!